Improvement in bomb-lances



D. KELLEHER.

Bomb Lance.

No. 201,794. Patented March 26.1878.

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UNITED STATES vPATENT ()IEIEIOE.

DANIEL KELLEHER, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOMB-LANCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No 201,794, dated March 26,1878; application filed February 16, 1878.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL KELLEHER, of New Bedford, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, h.ave,invented a new and valuableImprovement in Hand Bomb- Lances; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of W killing whales.Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail. Fig. 4 is a detail thereof. A

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a bomb-lance for killing whales, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates myinvention.

A represents a hollow rod, of any suitable dimensions, to be attached atone end to the usual handle for throwing the lance. At the other end thehollow rod A is provided with a screw-cap, B, from the outer end ofwhich projects an arm, 0, having at its extreme end a perforated head,0, for the insertion of a fulminate primer, D, of substantially the formand kind used in ordinary cannon-firing.

E represents the cylindrical bomb, also of any suitable dimensions, andprovided with One end of this bomb is passed over the arm 0 and screwedon the end of the cap B, so as to form a tight joint, and the head 0,with the primer, projects into the bomb a suitable distance. In theouter end of the bomb E is.

screwed the spear F.

From the primer D extends a wire or wire cord, a, through a hole in thecap B into and through the hollow rod A. In the side of this hollow rodA is a slot, 00, through which said wire or cord or is passed out. Overthe rod A is passed a movable sleeve or tube, G, which is adjusted andheld at any desired point on the rod by means of a set=screw, H, whenthe lance is not in use. The sleeve G is further provided with wings II, projecting from its sides, and it has also a hole or aperture, 11, inone side, just below one of said wings.

The cord or wire a, which connects with the primer D, is passed, asdescribed, through the rod A, and then through the slot as in said rod,and through the hole b in the sleeve, and the end thereof then wrappedaround one of the wings I in any suitable manner, so as not to slipthereon.

It will readily be seen that any backward movement of the sleeve Gr willpull on the cord or wire a sufficient to explode the primer. To preventany accidental explosion, the sleeve is fastened on the'rod by means ofthe setscrew H, which prevents any movement of the sleeve.

From the side of the sleeve G projects a lug, J, through which is passeda rod, L, and this rod is held in said lug by means of a setscrew, K. Onthe outer end of the rod L is secured a head, M, as shown.

The operation is as follows: The primer D being inserted in the head 0,and connected, as described, by the wire or cord at with the sleeve G,the bomb E is screwed in place on the cap B, and the bomb is then filledfrom the outer end with powder, and then the spear F is screwed on theend of the bomb, completing the lance.

When the lance is to be thrown, the screw H is first loosened. As thelance, after being thrown, enters the whale, the head M, having been setat right angles to the spear, strikes the sides of the whale, and as it,from its position, cannot pass in throughthe hole made by the spear, itwill move backward, carrying the sleeve Gr with it, which, as alreadystated, explodes the primer, and thereby at once explodes the charge andbursts the bomb inside the whale.

The distance inward at which the bomb is to be bursted in the whale caneasily be regulated by means of the head M, rod L, and setscrew K.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by In testimony that Ielaimthe above I have hereunto subscribed. my name in the presence oftwo witnesses.

DANIEL KELLEHER.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. BLAOKMAR, JAMES J. SHEEHY.

